N.Z. ECLIPSE STAKES

Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1931, Page 4

N.Z. ECLIPSE STAKES

NO CONTEST FOR THIS YEAR RACE WITH ATTRACTIVE RECORD. LAUGHING PRINCE’S FOUR WINS. Although the New Zealand Eclipse. Stakes does not rank as one of the old-established weight-fqr-age races, the contests between 1920 and last year provided raee-goers with splendid racing and invariably attracted the best class horses in the Dominion to Wanganui. To-day racegoers visiting the river city will find this classic event deleted from the programme, and the day’s racing will be the poorer for the omission. Ranging from nine furlongs down to about seven furlongs in. the past few years, the New Zealand Eclipse Stakes has enabled the best class handicap middle-distance performers to meet the strictly weight-for-age horses and it has also given the Guineas candidates a further gallop under weight-for-age conditions to fit them for the rich Avondale and Great Northern Guineas. Horses of the calibre of Trespass, Amytlias, Thespian, Winning Hit, Razzle Dazzle, Nigger Minstrel, Gold Light, [ Rerempana, Civility, Laughing Prince, Lysander, Kiosk and Toxeuma have I fought out the issue in many thrilling finishes, and. great horses like Highland, Enthusiasm, Inferno, Motley, Grand Knight, The Hawk and others have been ■ beaten out of a place. In spite of the big pull -they have in the weights, three-year-olds have not enjoyed a great deal of- success in this race, and Razzle Dazzle and Laughing Prince arc the only two of that- age to win. They were exceptionally brilliant juveniles. In 1920 that great all rounder Amythas was. ea.ugbt short of a gallop in the initial contest and he was forced to lower his colours to- Trespass, who scored again two years later. The following year’Am-ythas made no mistake about things and decisively beat the smart four-year-old Listowcl. When Trespass scored the second time he created a big surprise,, for Thespian and Winning Hit both failed to catch him. Great as Thespian was, the race again eluded him in 1923, when he succumbed by a narrow margin to the brilliant three-year-old Razzle Dazzle. Royal Divorce won a rather spiritless ■contest'in 1924, but the following year saw piobably the greatest struggle ever provided racegoers at Wanganui. Nigger Minstrel and Gold Light were the stars, and Rcremoana, Rapine, Royal Divorce, Inferno and Motley made up the field. But they were in the background from the time the late Charlie O’Connor .released the tapes. Gold Light was actually first to move, but before she had gone a dozen strides the big black horse —gross and glossy he was that day — ranged alongside her, and then began a duel that will long be remembered. Both were under pressure as they hung in together across the top, and the whips were being used two furlongs from home. Tense moments followed as they- pounded up the straight, but. at the distance Nigger Minstrel faltered. Gold Light never varied her stride, but L. G. Morris gathered his. mount together again and in a mag-' nificent effort the .black horse joined the chestnut mare a few strides from the poSt. When the numbers went up for a dead-heat the crowd awoke as from a spell, and that ovation, was a tribute to two great racehorses. ’Nigger Minstrel never raced again and Gold Light performed much below her best in her few races afterwards. Rcremoana recorded an easy win in fast time in 1926, and in the following year Laughing Prince began his sequence of four wins. He surprised when he swept past the four-year-old Lysander, and again in 1928 he finished brilliantly on the outside to beat Kiosk by half a head, with Mask only a neck further baek. Laughing Prince was not troubled to win in 1929, but last year L. G. Morris outrode A. E. Ellis when the Quanfoek horse beat Toxeuma with the last run. The presence of. great horses and the resultant high-class racing undoubtedly draws the big, crowds, and if speculation has been cramped to some extent on Wanganui’s classic races it lias been compensated for by an. increase, in the totalisator turn-over on other races on the programme. Many will regret the disappearance of this race from the programme of the second day’s racing at the Wanganui spring meeting, and for the sake of the sport it is to be hoped that the deletion of this fine contest is only a temporary arrangement. The following are the records of the New Zealand Eclipse Stakes: — 1920. 9 furlongs. 2 Trespass, 9.0 (J. O’Shea) I 1 Amythas, 9.0 2 3 Rose Queen, 8.9 3 1.57 4-5. Half a length; eight lengths. 1921. One mile and a distance. 1 Amythas, 9.4 (A. J. McFlinn) .. 1 3 Listowel, 9.0 2 2 Rouen, 9.0 3 Also started: 6 Maioha 9.4, 4 Rude 9.4, 5 Vagabond 9.4. 1.56. Three-quarters length; two and a-half lengths. 1922. One mile and a distance. 4 Trespass, 9.4 (L. G. Morris) ... 1 3 Thespian, 9.0 2 1 Winning Hit, 9.0 3 Also started: 7 Haurangi 9.4, 5 Kinsenr 9.1, 6 Pluto 9.03, 2 Highland 7.9. 1.56 1-5. One length; neck. 1923. One mile and a distance. 1 Razzle Dazzle, 7.4 (E. A. Keesing) 1 2 Thespian, 9.4 21 3 Trespass, 9.4 3 Also started; 2 Listowel 9.4 (coupled with Thespian), 5 Stork 9.4, 4 Enthusiasm 8.9. 1.57. Head; one and a-half lengths. 1924. One mile and a distance. 1 Royal Divorce, 8.11 (R. Reed) ... . 1 4 Enthusiasm, 8.13 • 2 2 Winning Hit, 9.4 3 Also started: 3 Avola 5.9, 5 Subjection 7.9. 1.57 3-5. Three lengths; half a length. 1925. One mile. 5 Niffger Minstrel, 9 (L. G. Morris) * 1 Gold Light, 8.12 (F. Waddell) .. * 2 Rcremoana, 9.3 3 Also started: 6 Rapine 9.3, 4 Royal’; Divorce 9.3, 3 Inferno 9.0, 7 Motley 5.9. i 1.46 4-5. ’Dead heat;* one and a-half . lengths. 1926. | One mile. 1 Rcremoana, 9.3 (J. Barry) 1 2 Civility, 8.12 ..... % 4 Seatqwn, 7.12 3 started: B Grand Knight 9.3 t | Half "lerigth;' oiid length.’ < 1

1927. About seven furlongs. 4 Laughing Prince, 7.12 (H. Wiggins) 1 3 Lysander, -9.0 .-. 2 1 Grand Knight, 9.3 ■ 3 Also started: .2.Rcremoana 9.3, 6<£tar Stranger 9.3, 5 Paleta 7.12. 1.34 3-5. One and a-half lengths; one length. 1928. About seven furlongs. 1 Laughing Prince, 9.0 (L. Morris) 1 3 Kiosk, 9.3 2 7 Mask, 9.3 3 Also started: 2 Rcremoana 9.3, 8 The Hawk 9.3, 4 King Lu 9.3, 6 Itaghunter 7.12, 9 Full Feather 7.12, 5 Lucky Light 7.7. 1.34 2-5. Half head; neck. 1929. About seven furlongs. 1 Laughing Prince, 9.3 (L. Morris) 1 2 Admiral Drake, 7.12 2 3 Vertigern, 9.3 3 Also started: 4 Royal Game 9.3. 1.31 1-5. Length and a-half each way. 1930. About seven furlongs. 2 Laughing Prince, 9.3 (L. Morris) 1 1 Toxeuma, 9.3 2 3 Lady Pam, 7.7 3 Also started: a Vertigern 9.3, 4 Simba 7.12. 1.30 2-5. Nose; two and a-half lengths

AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB. FIRST DAY’S ACCEPTORS. ’ By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The following are the acceptances for the first day of the Avondale Jockey Club’s spring meeting, September 26: — MAIDEN PLATE. Actaeoß... Tui Mint Ala er it y - United Bugle Call Whaltapara •Desert. Star Woodfull Don’t. Lap. f Plying King Lenrata . ■' Amber Link Granado Ant Gallery • Great Emblem » Autahi . < ■ _Haulbowline Catlmes Haeremai Exaggeration Illuminsgh Exeella Tea Kingsway' Lady Musk Loterie Lady Noreen Ltreidus Light Step Marcsebal Marchette .Pail' Restaurant Royal Gallant Ruby Dawn Scotland Yard Toujours CHAMPION HACK PLATE. Catoma Jaeldy Karo Gay Lap Valueless Karangapal Curie Biddy’s Boy Aspian Full Measure Gibraltar Bronze Tray Speedmint Beverage AVONDALE STAKES. Of 500 sovs. Five furlongs! Solarium Glow Light Sea Ruler Merry Way Foreign Money ' Timorous ■ ■ Tea Trader Posy Bell Topper Rulanut Ma roll Alone Whirlalong Prince Pombal Rippling Waters Loombination Sastrugi Air Lassie Divola Miss Linley Lady Whirlwind Broken Rule La Moderne Musketoon filly To Wapu KINGSLAND HANDICAP HURDLES Of 150 s©vs. One mile and a-half.

The only withdrawal bo far from the Avondale Guineas, to be run on the second day, is the Lady Mareca filly.

Monetize 10 13 Nassock 9 2 Patutahl 10 6 Neil R) 0 -'St. Ames 9 12 Cargen 9 0 Land Measure 9 iO Russet Moor 9 0 Simeon 9 9 Kauranul 9 0 Slump 9 7 Wfaakama 9 0 Unoeo 9 5 AVONDALE CUP. Of 500 sovs. One mile and a-quarter Historic 9 9 Te Ho i a 7 1 Lady Fam 8 12 Malahat 7 0 Taneriri 8 10 Autumn Sun 7 0 Valroe 8 0 Cessation 7 0 Motere 7 10 Little Doubt 7 0 True Blood 7 7 Air Laddie 7 0 Maori Boy 7 3 Spear Lad 7 0 Gay Cockade 7 3 Flying Prince 7 0 ■ Standfast 7 2 4 FLYING STAKES HANDICAP. Of 275 sovs. Six furlongs. Supremacy 9 5 Hunting Day 8 0 Lady Quex 9 4 Croupier 7 8 Paganelli 9 0 Tea Chat 7 8 Orapal 8 10 Golden Wings 7 8 . Silvennine 8 10 Kozan 7 3 Gold Money 8 10 Honiton 7 3 Refresher 8 8 King Ford 7 1 Manawhenua 8 3 King Colossus 7 0 High Comedy 8 0 SWANSON HANDICAP. Of 135 sovs, One mile. Lord Vai 9 5 Te Money 7 12 Taurua 9 3 Union 7 12 Wild Country 9 1 Peter Jackson 7 12 Red Lion 9 0 Stonehenge 7 9 Landmark 8 12 Gibraltar 7 9 Claremore 8 12 Tarcha 7 9 Ganpat 8 12' Kairuri 7 8 Gay Idea 8 6 Dominican 7 7 Catch ’Em 8 6 >a.dy Vane 7 7 Tambourine 8 0 Cape Gold 7 7 ' The Jack ‘ Gay Court 7 7 Juniper 8 0 Running Over 7 7 Protomlnt 7 12 HENDERSON HANDICAP. Of 150 sovs. Seven furlongs. Eaglet 8 12 Cruaohan 7 3 Prince ' Vai 8 9 Flying Prince 7 3 Grand Tea 7 II Chief Link 7 2 Voliniond 7 11 Purlri Park 7 2 Pewa 7 11 Bennlt 7 0 Croupier 7 10 Clopton 7 0 Sir Mond 7 9 Brampton 7 0 Royal .Artist 7 8 .Sir Archie 7 0 Tetrardhate 7 6 Bronze Tray 7 0 Royal Finance 7 5 Lady Court 7 0 Autumn Sun 7 3 Werata 7 0 Lucy Rose 7 3